Rape of MSU student reported in Phelps Grove neighborhood

A student at Missouri State University told Springfield police she was raped a month ago at a house in the Phelps Grove neighborhood.

"Between 11 p.m. on Jan. 10 and 10 a.m. on Jan. 11 of this year, a rape allegedly occurred at a residence," said Lisa Cox, spokeswoman for the Springfield Police Department. "...It was reported to SPD on Jan. 19."

Jill Patterson, Title IX coordinator for MSU, said the man accused in the incident is not a current MSU student.

Jill Patterson(Photo: File photo)

"The Title IX Office assisted a student in contacting the Springfield Police Department to report a sexual assault in January of 2018," she said. "Because the incident occurred off campus, and the alleged assailant was not a member of the MSU campus community at the time of the incident, the role of the Title IX Office was limited to providing resources and support to the reporting party."